Team Fortress Wiki:Moderator guidelines

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For a list of moderators, see Help:Group rights.

Moderators are a subset of the Wiki's team of editors, noted for being most familiar with the site's standards and practices, who are awarded an elevated set of powers (permissions) used to keep the peace and act as a source of guidance for newer editors. Moderators are not all-powerful and should peruse the Wiki as a regular user would, only using their moderation responsibilities when necessary.

Note: Like with any policy, exceptions to the guidelines here will probably exist. Rules never override common sense.

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Moderator powers

The community invests a lot of trust that moderators act responsibly and fairly with these elevated permissions.

Moderator responsibilities

As a moderator, you are tasked with extra responsibility.

Localization moderators (loc mods) responsibilities

Loc mods are moderators with a specialization in a certain language. While they focus mainly on their language's section on the Wiki, all rules applying to regular moderators also apply to localization moderators.

Note about user talk pages

In the past, we disallowed the removal of personal talk page content because it was often used to disguise whether a user had been warned. This was unnecessarily restrictive: users should have full control of the content on their talk and user pages (provided they are kept withing existing rules of decency, terms of use etc.).

To combat attempts to hide warning history, all warnings should be noted in the edit summary. This can never be erased by the user.

These exceptions only apply to a user editing their own talk page.

How to become a moderator

Moderators are usually chosen by the existing staff. As such, there is no formal "sign-up form" to fill out in order to become a moderator. If you feel that you would be a good fit for the position, however, contact a staff member or a loc mod of your language about it. Certain points should be noted:

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